I went to the Inland Empire Umpire Clinic again this year. It was Held at Ramona High School in Riverside, Ca. on 12/5/15. It was a one day camp and the cost was $55. The instructors for the clinic were provided by BBCU. They donated their services , so that all the fees could go to help the high school baseball program. This was a great clinic and alot useful was given by the BBCU instructors. Lefty

Last Saturday I went to a one day clinic at Ramona High school in Riverside Ca. The cost of the clinic was only $55.
Dave Mills had Billy Haze and members of Black and Blue Umpire camps doing all of the instructing. This was a
great clinic. There was not a bunch of time spent sitting and listening to a lecture. It was only field exercises with
on the field instruction explaining what was the proper way to do something. When it was your turn to do a drill
the instructors gave immediate feed back after you finished the drill. If you can I would recommend going to this
clinic next year.
Lefty

I do a lot of men's league recreation ball. They like to cry about balls and strikes.
In one major league baseball game I heard the plate umpire calling the position of
the ball so I decided to try it. Well I must say it cut out most of the crying. Plus
at times the catcher will tell the coach or the pitcher where I said the ball was. And
then the catcher will say to the pitcher bring it up or in or get it down depending on
the situation. This voicing of the position of the has worked for me

C. Brown
Hi C. Brown
Brent Rice, Adam Swartz, and Alex Ortiz were the instructors. All three are regular instructors at the school. Brent was the head
instructor for the clinic. Adam and Alex did alot of the demonstrations for us. This clinic was limited to about 25 students. Having
a small class ment each student got more attention.
Lefty

Hi Everyone,
I went to the Wendelstedt Umpire Clinic last Friday ,Saturday, and Sunday. I really enjoyed the
clinic. It was money well spent. The rain forced us to stay inside Saturday but Sunday we were
able to work outside. The instructors did a great job in presenting and teaching material on the
two man system. If you get a chance to attend a Wendelstedt clinic I highly recommend that you go.
Lefty

Does anyone use this chest protector? If so up to what level is it safe to be used? I know that Midwest Ump
did a review of it but I can no longer access his page. I would appreciate information about this chest
protector from some who has used it. Also this is the Champro hard shell protector.
Thanks
Lefty

Sorry for the slow reply. The runner in this situation was right behind
the fielder, In fact he was so close I did not see the ball hit him. When
my partner came over to see me after he called the runner out. He told me
the ball had hit the runner, He wanted my opinion on the play. I seem to
remember yelling from both managers. One wanted an out and the
other a foul ball I think.
Lefty

Had this situation come up today. I was the base umpire for the game. There were
runners on first and third. I was in the B position. The batter hits a very slow roller
down the third base line. The ball goes into foul territory and passes the third baseman.
The runner from third is behind the fielder closer to third base. Once the ball is past the
third baseman it takes a strange bounce and hits the runner who had moved into fair
territory to avoid being hit by the foul ball. My partner called the runner from third out
and a dead ball. He came to me for help and I told him if the runner was in foul territory
it would be a foul ball and if he was in fair territory he would be out. However, something
that i did not think about was that the ball had passed the fielder and hit the runner who
was standing right behind him. Now that I think about it maybe the ball should have been
left in play because the third baseman had a chance to field the ball and did not.
An opinions.
Lefty

Hi Everyone,
I went to a Umpire Clinic today at Ramona High School in Riverside Calif. This was a very good clinic . It was limited to about
40 Umpires so you would get more attention. I met some new Umpires today and saw some others I have known for a while.
One of the instructors was Angel Campos. Angel is a AAA and Big League Umpire. I have known Angel for a while. He is a
real nice guy and very knowledgeable.
Lefty

Hi Everyone,
I went to the MLB Umpire clinic last Saturday . It was held
In Compton Calif. It was a great clinic. I enjoyed the day
and learned some new things that will help me in the
future. If you every have a chance to go to one of these
clinics I suggest that you go.
Lefty